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The union believes that the company that handles the ground services in Flesland must also take responsibility for the employees.
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On Tuesday, Widerøe sent the message that 130 of Flesland’s 220 employees would lose their jobs after the company lost a tender for ground services at the airport.
On Thursday, Parat demands that employees get new jobs.
In a press release, an attorney for the union says employees have the right to continue their employment with the person who won the bid: Aviator.
– The employees in question are exposed to tenders at regular intervals, which means that they will never get permanent employment if the rules of transfer of companies are interpreted restrictively. This is a particular problem in the aviation industry, but we also find it in other industries, says Parat lawyer Sigurd Øyvind Kambestad.
In the ad, it already announces a lawsuit if Widerøe employees don’t get a job at Aviator, which won the bid this time.
– We have several court decisions in these cases that go in favor of the employees, says Kambestad.
At the same time, he believes this is also something politicians need to address to further clarify the legislation.
– We cannot accept an autonomous society, where employees are part of the tendering contests. Imagine a situation where you are put out to tender every three or five years, not knowing if you still have a job to go to.
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130 of the 220 Widerøe employees in Flesland lose their jobs
Widerøe Ground Handling now offers ground services to various airlines in Flesland. But this summer it became clear that they lost their SAS contracts at Bergen, Tromsø and Kristiansand airports.
The company had its SAS agreements extended at Kirkenes, Alta, Lakselv, Svalbard, Evenes, Bodø, Trondheim, Kristiansund, Molde, Stavanger, Haugesund and Ålesund airports.
Correction: E24 first wrote that Parat requires Widerøe to provide new jobs to employees. This is not true. The union’s demands are directed at Aviator, which will take over the operation of ground services in Flesland from February 1, 2021.
